"Marjorie Mayo is a legend in the field of community and popular education and in this book she draws on her wealth of experience to illustrate how urgent and necessary such work is in today’s populist age." Jim Crowther, University of Edinburgh

The rise of Far Right populism poses major challenges for communities, exacerbating divisions, hate speech and hate crime. This book shows how communities and social justice movements can effectively tackle these issues, working together to mitigate their underlying causes and more immediate manifestations. Showing that community-based learning is integral to the development of strategies to promote more hopeful rather than more hateful futures, Mayo demonstrates how, through popular education and participatory action research, communities can develop their own understandings of their problems. Using case studies that illustrate education approaches in practice, she shows how communities can engineer democratic forms of social change.
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Mayo demonstrates how, through popular education and participatory action research, communities can develop their own understandings of their problems. Using case studies that illustrate popular education approaches in practice, she offers pedagogies of hope and shows how communities can engineer impactful and democratic forms of social change.
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1. Introduction 2. Popular Education in a Populist Age 3. Popular Education and its Roots 4. Spaces and Places for Popular Education and Participatory Action Research 5. Principles and Practice 6. Sharing Understandings of Varying Histories and Cultures 7. Making Connections: Linking Issues and Struggles Across Space and Time 8. Power and Power Analysis 9. Community–University Partnerships 10. Taking Emotions into Account 11. Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards.
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There is a gap for an accessible resource that responds to ‘fake news’ and Far Right populism, that promotes popular education and community learning and offers an alternative approach. In addition, the book draws upon the author’s original research and experiences of practice in Britain and internationally, including in India and Colombia, where community-based education and participatory action research is being promoted as part of the peace building process.
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ISBN
9781447343257
Publisert
2020-05-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Policy Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, 06, 01
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Engelsk
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Marjorie Mayo is Emeritus Professor in Community Development at Goldsmiths, University of London.